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The original, unaltered Star Wars trilogy is rumored to be re-released this year to mark the 40th anniversary of A New Hope. While fans have speculated for years that George Lucas will finally release the first edits of the iconic 1977, 1980 and 1983 films to the public in a variety of formats, a concrete announcement appears imminent. Numerous industry sources have informed fan site Making Star Wars that the original edits are on their way. This is a big deal for diehard fans, many of whom argue the versions they saw in cinemas during the late 70s and early 80s are far superior to the versions later released to the public.
[...] The 40th anniversary of A New Hope occurs on May 22.
Source: http://thathashtagshow.com/2017/02/unaltered-original-star-wars-trilogy-released-year/
(Score: 1, Redundant) by aristarchus on Sunday February 26 2017, @09:34AM
Whether it is, or is not, a rumour is of very little consequence, since they plan to release on blu-ray. I have nothing that can play a blu-ray, so I guess I will just have to wait until it comes out on BetaMax tape cassette.
(Score: 4, Funny) by c0lo on Sunday February 26 2017, @11:07AM
I'll wait until it will be posted on pinterest as a series of animated GIFs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 26 2017, @12:20PM
Long wait for new betamax but if you want to know what happens:
Darth Vader turns away from the dark side and kills the emperor to save his son
(Score: 3, Funny) by aristarchus on Sunday February 26 2017, @07:21PM
I can see this new spoiler thing is going to be big. But are you kidding? Darth Vader has a son? Who is it?
Not enough of a plot to base an entire trilogy on.
(Score: 2) by Bogsnoticus on Monday February 27 2017, @06:05AM
He got it on with Chewy's mum, and spawned Wicket.
Genius by birth. Evil by choice.
(Score: 2) by MadTinfoilHatter on Sunday February 26 2017, @07:08PM
I guess I will just have to wait until someone puts a torrent on TPB the day after they're released.
FTFY.
So it's a good thing to finally get a good quality release, as Team Negative 1 [soylentnews.org] has only released Episode IV yet. Do use a VPN when torrenting, though. Disney has a reputation for aggressively going after file sharers.
(Score: 2) by Scruffy Beard 2 on Monday February 27 2017, @08:35AM
Should not be a problem, since even if renewed after 14 years, the copyright should have expired by now.